Fixed Term Parliaments Bill — Clause 2 — Period Following Vote of No Confidence in the Government — 1 Dec 2010 at 13:15

The majority of MPs voted against excluding days when Parliament is prorogued, or adjourned for more than 4 days, from the period of 14 days to be allowed following a vote of no confidence in the Government to see if a Government can secure the confidence of MPs. If no Government secures the confidence of MPs within the time period a general election would be called.

MPs were considering the Fixed Term Parliaments Bill[1]. The amendment rejected in this vote was[2]:

Amendment 36, page 2, line 14, at end insert-

'(2A) In reckoning for the purposes of subsection 2(b), no account shall be taken of any time during which Parliament is prorogued or during which the House of Commons is adjourned for more than four days.'.

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